maderensis, Clupea Lowe [R. T.] 1838:189 [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14); ref. 2831] Off Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Syntypes: BMNH 1855.12.26.496-500. •Valid as Sardinella maderensis (Lowe 1838) -- (Svetovidov 1973:103 [ref. 7169], Poll et al. 1984:52 [ref. 6172], Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:279 [ref. 13675], Whitehead 1985:106 [ref. 5141], Whitehead & Wongratana 1986:203 [ref. 6284], Whitehead 1990:219 [ref. 14039], Gourène & Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1990:101 [ref. 21589], Santos et al. 1997:122 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:30 [ref. 24952], Afonso et al. 1999:83 [ref. 25466], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:38 [ref. 26753], Falcón et al. 2003:144 [ref. 39343], Golani 2005:19 [ref. 37112], Teugels 2007:191 [ref. 30016], Wirtz et al. 2007:26 [ref. 30263], Wirtz et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32972], Munroe 2016:1736 [ref. 34560], Almeida & Alves 2019:269 [ref. 37509], Carneiro et al. 2019:73 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36864], Kassar in Stern et al. 2019:439 [ref. 36863], Reiner 2019:81 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:44 [ref. 37515], Golani 2021:19 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:129 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Sardinella maderensis (Lowe 1838). Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar south to Angola, including Madeira, Canary Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.